Regional Bakery Plant Manager

This position holder reports to the COO, has the responsibility to manage a minimum of 4 Bakery Managers within a business region


Purpose of the Job:

Responsible for growing the brand in a specific region and to ensure that the businesses being managed are profitable ventures and that the brand is more efficient and adequately focused on customer satisfaction and quality products.

Duties & Responsibilities

Management

• Ensure protection of the company’s working capital at all times
• Responsible for managing company assets in assigned location, ensuring maximum up time from all assets and delivery of desired ROCE

Operations:

• Ensure that the business operates at a given Gross Profit % level
• Control operating costs such that the business operates effectively, whilst complying with quality and service levels required by the company.

Compliance:

• Ensure adherence to brand standards as established by the company in respect of product recipe, quality, processes, and cleanliness

Marketing

• Work with the team to defend the market share of products within assigned territories, whilst also ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction and product/brand acceptance
• Coordination of customer management and development/maintenance of distribution channels aimed at ensuring 100% year round product availability
• Expand the business frontiers within the region/territory and seek to develop new locations or sites as revenue streams

Reporting

• Responsible for prompt and accurate reporting within his business location - (Monthly Reporting Sheet (MRS) to the COO, Business Analyst and Audit Department)
• Ensure full compliance with Oracle processes as defined for the business – Full update on all OM and OPM transactions, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data on – line real time.
• Ensure reporting deadline for all documentations (financial and non-financials) are met

Inventory Management

• In cooperation with the Bakery Manager, Plans and coordinate inventory levels required in the business to ensure seamless production schedule and availability of production inputs at all times
• Ensure full compliance with the company’s Inventory Management policy in his business

Team Leadership & People Management

• Responsible for managing, coaching, training and development of all employees within the region
• Work with HR to assure right manning levels within his business and guarantee staff productivity
• Manage performance of direct reports through an objective Performance Monitoring framework

Finance and Administration:

• “Own” the data in the financial statements for his region completely.
• Monitor and investigate significant variances (both to budget as well as historically) in the profit & loss account, the balance sheet and the cash flow statement – review all summary data thoroughly

Candidate:

• Candidate should have the capacity to function in a performance driven environment, possess good interpersonal, planning and people management skills.
• Ideal candidate must have the capacity to take crucial decisions, when necessary, coach and develop associates in the business and transfer knowledge to direct reports
• Must be experienced in managing a semi automated or fully automated bakery plant.

Contract Nature

Fixed Term Contract renewable after an initial one year excellent performance record.

Salary:

Annual Fixed Salary: Competitive

Variable Income: % of Annual Fixed Income. This is tied to achievement of defined objectives:

Benefits & Perks:

• Assigned official car + driver
• Medical Coverage for employee and family up to a maximum of 2 children and under 18 years of age
• Fully expensed accommodation
• Annual return economy class tickets for holiday covering , employee, spouse and a maximum of 2 children
• 20 working days of annual holiday

Knowledge: Qualification & Experience

• The ideal candidate must have a first degree in Food Technology/Engineering with a working knowledge of financials and marketing
• Minimum of 12 years experience, 5 of which must have been spent managing a multi site bakery plants business with total daily production capacity of 100,000 loaves

Required Skills

• Candidate must be fluent in English ( written and oral)
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft application packages: Excel, Word, Power point
• Experience in an ERP driven manufacturing environment is an added advantage

Apply at www.kimberly-ryan.net